Edmond Albert Sutton

How they died

Deadly force

Polk County Sheriff's Office Deputy Ivan Navarro met with Danita and Albert Sutton at a gas station. Their son Edmond Albert Sutton was inside a barn they owned, holed up with a gun. Danita Albert told Navarro her son had "mental issues" and described a prior incident in which he punched through a window of her car while it was in motion. According to news reports Edmond Sutton had sustained permanent brain injury from a motorcycle accident and "had a history of severe mood swings and violent behavior." Navarro and Deputies Christopher Diaz and Kevin Loder knocked on the barn door and announced themselves. There was no reply so they entered. Navarro said he saw Sutton by a staircase holding a gun. Sutton refused orders to drop his weapon. After Sutton aimed his weapon first at Navarro and then at Diaz the deputies simultaneously opened fire, killing Sutton.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Edmond Albert Sutton, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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